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IMPROVEMENT 1N P10K-Axes.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. CONKLIN, of Yorktown, in the county of Westchester, and Statefot New York, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Pick-Ax es; and I do hereby declare that the following is n full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had. to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specica'tion, in which- Figure 1 is a. perspective view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a. detail view of the socket, showing the menner of its construction.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 4

The object ot' this invention is to provide a. socket for the insertion of the handle of pick-axes.

-In the drawings, the partsD E `of the pick are of the usual construction, the improvement being the oval `ocke; A, joined to the pick-exc proper by means of :t short shank, C, which is welded to the piek-axe after the sockefv is formed.

The socket is formed by flattening the ends of n. har of Wrought iron, nndcurving the same, with a. proper 'tool, to form the socket, as shown :it tig.' 2. l

The approximate edges of the parts 13 -B are correspondingly bev'elled, andthe two parts broughttogether l by bending the part C, forming the slr-ank, lipon itself, as shown at fig. 2.

The socket, thus i'nr finished, is again bevellei, and the parts B B welded together, with a suitable mandrel between them, to form the socket.

y The two parts forming the shank nre welded together, anal the latter welded to the pick-axe proper, thus forming o. socket, es shown at A, fig. 1.

VHaving thus ldescribed my invention, I claim as new', and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A pick-axe, D E, having :t socket, A, and shank C, sub'stzmtinlllyr as described, and for the purpose set forth.

Y JOHN C. CONKLIN.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. CnAMPLIN, WILLIAMl P. MARSHALL. 

